Heater-frame for lamps



R. 0. WHITE. HEATER PRAMBFOR LAMPS.

No. 589,056. Patented Aug. 31,1897.

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U ITED STATES PATENT @rricno ROSA C. WHITE, OF W ALDOBOROUGH, MAINE.

HEATER-FRAME FOR LAlVi PS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,056, dated August31, 1897. Application filed February 3, 1897. Serial No. 621,817. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, ROSA 0. WHITE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waldoborough, in the county of Lincoln and State of Maine,have invented a new and useful Heater-Frame for Lamps, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention provides a support to be used in connection with a lampwhich will be of simple and novel construction and by means of which theheat from an ordinary lamp may be effectively applied for boiling water,heating fluids, or warming any article desired. The support is in thenature of a frame and adjustable to adapt it for use in connection withany size lamp within certain limits, the frame comprising similar topand bottom pieces of substantially U form and constructed of bars halvedtogether at their meeting ends, telescoping standards serving to connectthe frame-bars at their matching extremities, means for securing thestandards in an adjusted position, and a perforate shelf removablyfitted upon the top frame and forming arest for the vessel or article tobe heated.

For a-full understanding of the merits and advantages of the inventionreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes-in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing fromthe principle orsacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to a fulldisclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of theinvention, showingit applied. Fig. 2 is a detail view in section of astandard. Fig; 3 is a transverse section of the upper portion of thesupport.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in the several views of the drawings by thesame reference-characters.

The top and bottom or end pieces are similarly constructed and appear asthree-sided frames or are of approximately U form, one side being opento admit of the lamp 1 being readily removed or placed in position afterthe support has been adjusted to the height of the lamp with which it isto be used. Each end piece is composed of three bars 2, which have theirmeeting ends halved together and secured by means of the standards, thelatter having their outer end portions threaded and screwed intocorresponding threaded openings in the bars, as most clearly indicatedin Fig. 2. The end pieces are connected at their corners by standards oruprights which are constructed so as to be lengthened or shortened,thereby adapting the frame or support to the height of the lamp, and, asshown, each standard is formed of a tubular member 3 and a rod 4, thelatter being slidingly or telescopically fitted within the member 3 andheld in an adjusted position by a binding-screw 5, let into a'threadedopening in the side of the tubular member 3 near its free end. Byloosening the binding-screws 5 theend pieces can be separated or broughttogether, and when properly adjusted are secured by tightenin g thebinding-screws, so as to cause them to bear against the sides of therods or members 4 with sufficient force to retain the parts in place.

A shelf 6 is placed upon the top or upper end piece and is perforate andhas its edge portions bent to embrace the outer edges of the side bars,so as to retain the shelf in place. This shelf is of sheet metal andforms a rest for the utensil or article to be heated and .when notrequired for use can be readily removed from the support. I

A frame constructed as herein set forth can be packed in a small spacefor storing or shipping, inasmuch as the standards may be detached fromthe end pieces, and the latter will come apart, thereby admitting of thedesired end being effected.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isv Aheater-frame for use in connection with lamps, comprising asimilarly-formedtop and bottom frame of substantially U form composed ofbars having their meeting end portions halved together and formed'withthreaded openings in coincident relation, standards connecting the saidtop and bottom frames and having their terminals threaded and let intothe threaded openings of the aforesaid matching frame-bars forconnecting them,

scribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROSA O. \VHITE.

Witnesses:

Rosn GILMAN WHITE,

W. E. CHAPMAN.

